There were about a dozen of them. African American men between the ages of 18-20. They were big and she was just a little lady. And they made off with (reports vary) about $200,000 in cash and jewelry. Six grand in cash, according to some news accounts. A brooch worth $100,000 and a bracelet worth $25,000. She bravely gave interviews to the Chicago Tribune and ABC News. She says she’s not going to live her life in fear. Of course not. Because it never happened. After reviewing surveillance video that showed the woman getting off a commuter train (minus jewelry) and video…
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Prom Night in the Deep South
racismreview.com11 May 2013 | 6:32 pmProms serve as a strong indicator of the racial tension in “post racial” America. The Saturday April 27, 2013 edition of the New York Times includes a news story about a small, rural town—Abbeville, Georgia—and Wilcox County High School where some students are challenging the tradition of the a segregated prom. A student, Mareshia Rucker who is African American, watched from a crouched position in a car as her White classmates attended the White Prom. Like all of the Black students she was not invited. From her hidden position in the car she thought about this: “These are… -
IQ and the Nativist Movement: Richwine’s Report
racismreview.com13 May 2013 | 5:35 pmThe academic and policy worlds have been roiled by last week’s announcement that a Heritage Foundation study on the cost of immigration reform was co-authored by Jason Richwine, who wrote a dissertation on the purported low IQ of immigrants. It beyond belief that, in the year 2013, there are still some that want to posit that there is a genetic basis for race. Even more surprisingly, these arguments come endorsed with a seal of approval by some of the nation’s top universities, like Harvard in this case. As an alumnus of the Kennedy School and a scholar of race and Hispanic identity, I… -
AP source: FIFA task force seeks 5-game racism ban
RACISM - Yahoo! News Search Results24 May 2013 | 8:30 amLONDON (AP) — A person with knowledge of the situation says FIFA's new anti-racism task force will ask soccer's governing body next week to approve a mandatory five-match minimum ban for any player found guilty of racist abuse. -
Report: FIFA task force seeks 5-game racism ban
racism - Bing News24 May 2013 | 1:45 amAccording to the AP, FIFA's new anti-racism task force will ask football's governing body next week to approve a mandatory five-match minimum ban for any player found guilty of racist abuse. (Photo: Carl Court, AFP/Getty Images) LONDON (AP ...
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AP source: FIFA task force seeks 5-game racism ban
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Racism Row: What they said
24 May 2013 | 7:53 amAdam Goodes' racial vilification took centre stage on Friday night and we've got all the reaction from the football world including Eddie McGuire, Nathan Buckley, John Longmire and fellow players. -
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Racism resolution approved at UEFA Congress
24 May 2013 | 7:23 amGibraltar becomes UEFA’s 54th member association
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Report: FIFA task force seeks 5-game racism ban
24 May 2013 | 1:45 amAccording to the AP, FIFA's new anti-racism task force will ask football's governing body next week to approve a mandatory five-match minimum ban for any player found guilty of racist abuse. (Photo: Carl Court, AFP/Getty Images) LONDON (AP ... -
AP Source: FIFA Task Force Seeks 5-Game Racism Ban
24 May 2013 | 1:24 amA person with knowledge of the situation says FIFA's new anti-racism task force will ask soccer's governing body next week to approve a mandatory five-match minimum ban for any player found guilty of racist abuse. The anti-racism task force is ... -
Racism In America: Racism Is A Disease That Needs To Be Cured
24 May 2013 | 1:15 amHere are the realities: - The criminal justice system in the United States is flawed and racially biased ... racism as an African-American woman in Charlotte. “Racism in America today, in my opinion, is just as it has always been. -
FIFA to get tough on racism
24 May 2013 | 1:11 amFIFA is set to follow England's lead and introduce mandatory five-match bans for players found guilty of racism plus points deductions for clubs whose fans are serial ... confirmed they include a five-game ban for on-the-pitch racism. -
Platini warns players over racism walk offs
24 May 2013 | 12:46 am"It's not a matter for the player to regulate the game and to stop the game ... "It costs me $67 million, for one goal, two goals a year? I prefer to invest that for the use football in the grassroots." Championed as a possible successor ...
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Retrolicious–Mad Men 6.8: “The Crash”
24 May 2013 | 7:00 amHosted by Tami Winfrey Harris and Andrea Plaid “Grandma Ida,” The Mammy Thief. This week, Matt Weiner thought he’d counter the continued criticisms that he and his creative team aren’t dealing with race and racism by…fleshing out one of the worst racial fears about Black women. Tami, Renee Martin from Womanist Musings and Fangs For The Fantasy, and I give this foolishness some serious side-eye while shouting out Benedict Cumberbatch. Read on, with spoilers in mind. Tami: No. No! No! No! You cannot have a show nearly devoid of black characters for multiple… -
Quoted: 100 Questions Toward Cultural Competency
24 May 2013 | 5:00 amLast summer at age 83, my mother downsized from a four-bedroom home to a two-bedroom apartment. She loves that her eight-unit cluster includes black, Indian, Middle Eastern and Jewish neighbors. One day, she noted that someone — she thought it was the Indian couple upstairs — had bought a new car, and that someone had vandalized it. There was a swastika on it, she told me on the phone. She wanted to show her support or call security. She felt uncomfortable that creeps might be hanging around the complex. When I visited her that Sunday, she showed me the car. Sure enough, there was the… -
Book Review: Storm Warning by E.A. O’Neal
23 May 2013 | 10:00 amBy Book Review Correspondent Carly Neely Storm Warning book cover How nice is it to read a collection of stories about a Caribbean island and have it not talk about rum punches and idle days spent lounging on a beach in a careless, unblemished paradise? It’s very nice. Truly, it’s my favorite thing about Storm Warning by E.A. O’Neal. I want action, intrigue, and complex character dynamics in every book of fiction that I read. This collection of short stories places the residents of fictitious island of St. Crescens front and center and the grit of their situations is not washed away by… -
The Racialicious Links Roundup 5.23.13
23 May 2013 | 9:00 amWhy USC and not a black college, Dr. Dre? (The Los Angeles Times) Make no mistake: This donation is historic. It appears to be the largest gift by a black man to any college or university, comparable to the gift Bill Cosby and his wife, Camille, gave to Spelman College in 1988. Some 25 years later, their $20-million gift (about $39 million in inflation-adjusted dollars) is still the largest-ever private gift to a historically black college. Dre gave USC almost triple the amount Oprah Winfrey has given Morehouse College over the years. Sean “Diddy” Combs gave $500,000… -
Meanwhile, On TumblR: In Defense Of Beyoncé–Again
23 May 2013 | 8:00 amBy Andrea Plaid Racialicious Senior Editor Tami Winfrey Harris. Our own Senior Editor, Tami Winfrey Harris, wrote a great post about Beyonce and the continued questioning of her feminism for Bitch Magazine’s print edition–and Salon.com picked up: Black women are, it seems, damned if we do and damned if we don’t. Our collective singleness, independence, and unsanctioned mothering are an affront to mainstream womanhood. But a high-profile married black woman who uses her husband’s name (if only for purposes of showbiz) or admits the influence her male partner has had on her life…
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Brazil's Indigenous Fight Back Against State Development
24 May 2013 | 1:00 amThis post is part of our special coverage Dossiê Belo Monte (Belo Monte Dossier) [pt] and Indigenous Rights. [All links lead to Portuguese-language pages unless otherwise noted.] As Brazil's economy steamrolls forward on the momentum of mega-construction projects, many of the country's indigenous have found their homelands snatched away for the sake of development. This land-hungry economic push under Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, including road construction, mining, hydroelectric plants, and the exploitation of natural resources, has led to violent clashes between activists… -
69th Anniversary of Crimean Tatar Deportations: Memory and Politics in Crimea
20 May 2013 | 6:56 pmOn May 18, some 30,000 people gathered at a rally in Crimea‘s capital Simferopol to honor the memory of the victims of the 1944 Crimean Tatar deportations and to demand the immediate resignation of Anatoly Mogilev, the former Ukrainian Interior Minister who is now the chairman of Crimea's Council of Ministers. J. Otto Pohl wrote briefly [en] about the deportation that took place 69 years ago: This Saturday is the 69th anniversary of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars from their peninsular homeland on the Black Sea to the deserts of Uzbekistan and the wet forests of the Urals. The… -
Turkey: Syrian Refugees Targeted after Reyhanlı Blasts
18 May 2013 | 2:11 pmOn May 11th, Reyhanlı [en] small Turkish town on Turkey-Syria border, was under terrorist attacks. This was the biggest terrorist attack [en] in country's 90 year-old republican history. After the explosions nine people were detained [en] by the security forces. Officials said [en], two vehicles were used in the bombings and more than 50 people were killed and at least 100 people were injured. But on social media, there were rumors that the real number of the victims is more than 100. Twitter user shiny (Idauk) tweets [Tr]: @Idauk Simdi Antakya'dan arkadasimla konustum.Olu sayisi… -
Conference for Women Writers of African Ancestry
18 May 2013 | 4:28 amYari Yari Ntoaso is an international conference on literature by women of African ancestry. You can follow in on Twitter using #YariYari hashtag or on Kinna Reads blog. Written by Ndesanjo Macha · comments (2) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon · delicious · Instapaper -
Ukrainian Blogger's Bobs 2013 Award Revoked
15 May 2013 | 5:10 pmUkrainian blogger Olena Bilozerska's User Winner prize in the Bobs 2013 Best Blog Ukrainian nomination has been revoked, writes [ru] Mustafa Nayyem, the Ukrainian member of the Bobs 2013 jury, on his Facebook page, linking [ru] to the official statement [uk] posted on the Bobs 2013 website. The scandal (more on it in this GV text) seems far from being over in Ukraine, however, as many netizens are displeased with the decision. Nayyem's Facebook announcement has generated over 150 comments so far, many of them critical of the contest organizers in general and Nayyem in particular. In…
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In Sheep's Clothing: When Prejudice Hijacks Research to Justify Racist Policy - Huffington Post (blog)
24 May 2013 | 7:07 amIn Sheep's Clothing: When Prejudice Hijacks Research to Justify Racist PolicyHuffington Post (blog)However, what is most frustrating is not the racism itself. What exasperates me the most is invocations of "academic freedom" to defend racists who hijack academic research in pursuit of their own agendas. Since I immigrated to the United States ten -
Woolwich attack: Two men bailed over 'racist' Twitter comments - Metro
24 May 2013 | 5:56 amMirror.co.ukWoolwich attack: Two men bailed over 'racist' Twitter commentsMetroTwo men have been arrested and released on bail after making alleged offensive comments on Twitter about the brutal murder of a British soldier in Woolwich. A 23-year-old and a 22-year-old, both from Bristol, were taken into custody earlier today after Woolwich attack: Two arrested after 'racist and anti-religious' comments about Mirror.co.ukMen arrested over alleged 'racist or anti-religious' tweetsITV Newsall 11 news articles » -
Lawyer Named a Suspect Over Allegedly Racist Tweet Aimed at Basuki - Jakarta Globe
24 May 2013 | 5:07 amLawyer Named a Suspect Over Allegedly Racist Tweet Aimed at BasukiJakarta GlobePolice on Friday said they named lawyer Farhat Abbas a suspect over his racist outburst on Twitter toward Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama. Farhat was named a suspect after he tweeted on Jan. 9, “Ahok is protesting here and there and more » -
Michael Clarke Duncan's Tomb -- VANDALIZED BY RACIST ... Family Says - TMZ.com
24 May 2013 | 12:55 amTMZ.comMichael Clarke Duncan's Tomb -- VANDALIZED BY RACIST ... Family SaysTMZ.comSome racist jerk has desecrated Michael Clark Duncan's grave ... this according to a Duncan family rep, who tells TMZ a vandalism report has already been filed with the police. We're told ... a family friend stopped by Forest Lawn Cemetery in the Vandalised: Michael Clarke Duncan's grave has been covered in racist graffitiDaily MailMichael Clarke Duncan's Tombstone Vandalized By RacistThe Inquisitr[Gossip] Michael Clarke Duncan's Tomb Vandalized By Racist411mania.comHipHollywood.comall 9… -
'I'm not racist': Common claim after racial slurs - York Daily Record
23 May 2013 | 10:17 pmPhilly.com'I'm not racist': Common claim after racial slursYork Daily RecordHe later apologized for what he called a "silly remark," then added, "but in no way was the comment meant in a racist manner." Perhaps the Spanish-born Garcia was unaware that chicken stereotypes have been used for at least a century to denigrate Hip-Hop Rumors: Will Adidas Drop The Racist?AllHipHopTaylorMade-Adidas Scolds Sergio Garcia After Racist Remarkbrandchannel.comPopular this weekScottish Daily RecordPost (subscription) -The Local.es -Huffington Postall 58 news…
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'60 Minutes' Accused of Anti-Semitism at CBS Shareholders Meeting - NewsBusters (blog)
24 May 2013 | 6:46 am'60 Minutes' Accused of Anti-Semitism at CBS Shareholders MeetingNewsBusters (blog)A pro-Israel media watchdog accused "60 Minutes" of anti-Semitism at CBS's shareholders meeting Thursday. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the complaint stemmed from a segment aired April 22, 2012, called "Christians of the Holy Land" (video and more » -
Svoboda Fuels Ukraine's Growing Anti-Semitism - Algemeiner
24 May 2013 | 6:39 amSvoboda Fuels Ukraine's Growing Anti-SemitismAlgemeinerThe rise of anti-Semitism in Ukraine is barely noticed in the State Department's recent International Religious Freedom Report for 2012. This is especially alarming, because even in the best of times, anti-Semitism is as prevalent in Ukraine as coal in and more » -
Richard Wagner: The man, the myth, and the anti-Semitic music - Haaretz
24 May 2013 | 3:18 amHaaretzRichard Wagner: The man, the myth, and the anti-Semitic musicHaaretzIn "You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me," he claims that one can discern in Wagner's compositions a deep-rooted anti-Semitism as well as misogyny. "His works contain a wide diversity of racist and sexist writings," Wagner recently told the AFP.Music's transcendent potentialJewish Chronicleall 2 news articles » -
State Dept.: Reports of anti-Semitism increase - The Times and Democrat
24 May 2013 | 3:03 amState Dept.: Reports of anti-Semitism increaseThe Times and DemocratThe 2012 report on religious freedom said expressions of anti-Semitism by government officials and religious leaders were of great concern, particularly in Venezuela, Egypt and Iran. At times, such statements led to desecration and violence, the report Obama aide tapped to combat anti-SemitismJweekly.comall 2 news articles » -
Sports-related incidents spark slight rise in Dutch anti-Semitism - The Times of Israel
24 May 2013 | 12:16 amThe Times of IsraelSports-related incidents spark slight rise in Dutch anti-SemitismThe Times of IsraelTwo people told CIDI they intended to leave the Netherlands because of anti-Semitism, the report also said. Earlier this month, Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans said that “even in the city of Amsterdam, anti-Semitism is being justified because
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Why Extremism is not Terrorism...
23 May 2013 | 2:25 pm…and why the Truth Movement won’t change a thing! Something terrible happened in Woolwich yesterday! Some people stuck with those old chestnuts, ‘it’s just unimaginable’ or ‘I don’t know what’s the world coming to?’ The white racist bigots were the first to address the elephant in the room. A hate crime is committed against a white man by Islamic Extremists. After all hate crimes ever committed by white racist bigots and against Muslims were suddenly given statutory leave from living memory, it took no time at all for hatred to consume the… -
The Fallen Soldier
23 May 2013 | 2:23 pmToday’s post is going to be a bit different, so if you are looking for light hearted fun you might want to move on to the next blog. Yesterday was a truly horrific day for the UK, a young twenty five year old soldier called Lee Rigby was brutally murdered in broad daylight on the streets of Woolwich for no other reason than he was a soldier. This young father wearing a Help for Heroes T-Shirt was just 200 yards away from the Royal Artillery Barracks when a car mounted the pavement and hit him before two people dragged him into the road and set upon him with machetes, knives and an axe. -
'I'm not racist': Common claim after racial slurs
23 May 2013 | 2:12 pmIt’s almost a cliche. First, someone talking about blacks makes reference to fried chicken, watermelon, monkeys or dogs — or even uses the indefensible N-word. Then, along with the inevitable apology, comes the kicker: I’m not racist. The latest denial is from golfer Sergio Garcia. Asked a joking question about having dinner with his adversary Tiger Woods, Garcia said: “We will serve fried chicken.” He later apologized for what he called a “silly remark,” then added, “but in no way was the comment meant in a racist manner.” Perhaps the… -
Saved From Itself: Mississippi Was Almost Set to Continue It's Sad Racist Legacy Until Saved By The Bell
23 May 2013 | 1:01 pmEnglish: The Seal of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation. For more information, see here. Español: El escudo del Buró Federal de Investigaciones (FBI). Para obtener más información, véase aquí (Inglés). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Mississippi to Execute Willie Manning Tonight After Rejecting DNA Tests & FBI’s Admission of Error | Democracy Now!. Despite the very real possibility they could be completely wrong about this conviction in the first place; having already received a personal admission from the FBI that they had made errors in the handling of this case… -
So Much Anger….
23 May 2013 | 1:01 pmBlimey.. Sometimes I think the world has gone insane! Two supposedly religious men have just hacked a young man to death on the streets of London. Sends a shiver down my spine. I think I am in shock. I think England is in shock. . In states like these, we have 4 primal animalistic ways of reacting. Flight, Fight, Freeze and for those who are desensitised, no feelings at all (They just get on with their shopping). All are quite successful but all too often, very confused survival tactics. I am officially in the frozen section doing my best to think like a human being and not my inner ape.
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Minority Student Identity Development: Complex Questions
21 May 2013 | 2:55 pmA new monograph, Latinos in Higher Education and Hispanic-serving Institutions by Anne-Marie Nunez and others includes a chapter on the question of Latino student identity development. The monograph indicates that “a well-developed ethnic identity has been linked to higher levels of self-esteem and overall quality of life….” (p. 29). Yet clearly the journey toward identity development for minority students is a continuous and complex one, without a single clear answer, and defined by individual circumstances. Researchers have noted the clear link between physical identifiability and… -
When Black News Disappears: White Holds on Black Intellectuals’ Minds & Mis-Informing the Black Public.
18 May 2013 | 10:52 amIntroduction As an historical entity, the Black press has not only offered critical commentaries and political critiques of the sempiternal racism of the modern world, but correctives as to how white newspapers, opinion-makers, legislators, and most importantly the white public sought to justify their complacency towards and support for anti-Black racism and the sexual brutalization of Black men, women, and children. Today, however, the post-Obama lullabies of racial détente and the progressive liberal passivity of Black intellectuals have allowed the structural and ideological… -
IQ and the Nativist Movement: Richwine’s Report
13 May 2013 | 5:35 pmThe academic and policy worlds have been roiled by last week’s announcement that a Heritage Foundation study on the cost of immigration reform was co-authored by Jason Richwine, who wrote a dissertation on the purported low IQ of immigrants. It beyond belief that, in the year 2013, there are still some that want to posit that there is a genetic basis for race. Even more surprisingly, these arguments come endorsed with a seal of approval by some of the nation’s top universities, like Harvard in this case. As an alumnus of the Kennedy School and a scholar of race and Hispanic identity, I… -
Prom Night in the Deep South
11 May 2013 | 6:32 pmProms serve as a strong indicator of the racial tension in “post racial” America. The Saturday April 27, 2013 edition of the New York Times includes a news story about a small, rural town—Abbeville, Georgia—and Wilcox County High School where some students are challenging the tradition of the a segregated prom. A student, Mareshia Rucker who is African American, watched from a crouched position in a car as her White classmates attended the White Prom. Like all of the Black students she was not invited. From her hidden position in the car she thought about this: “These are… -
The Race of Birth: Systemic Racism Again?
5 May 2013 | 10:26 amThe other day I was reading and came across this: Prior to 1989, the race on a newborn’s birth certificate was determined by the race of the parents. An infant with one White parent was assigned the race of the non-White parent. If neither parent was White, the child was assigned the race of the father. Since 1989, the race of the mother has been indicated as the child’s race on the birth certificate.[Note 1 below] Of course being the mother of a multiracial Asian child, my curiosity was massively peaked. I didn’t remember identifying my son’s race/ethnicity after he was born. Did…
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The American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
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Ain’t it always the way
16 May 2013 | 11:00 pmThere were about a dozen of them. African American men between the ages of 18-20. They were big and she was just a little lady. And they made off with (reports vary) about $200,000 in cash and jewelry. Six grand in cash, according to some news accounts. A brooch worth $100,000 and a bracelet worth $25,000. She bravely gave interviews to the Chicago Tribune and ABC News. She says she’s not going to live her life in fear. Of course not. Because it never happened. After reviewing surveillance video that showed the woman getting off a commuter train (minus jewelry) and video… -
Doesn’t even begin to cover it
30 Apr 2013 | 10:15 amShe had three adopted daughters. But she wanted four. She didn’t receive approval for the fourth adoption in 2007. So what did she do? She forced her oldest daughter (then 14) to become pregnant through artificial insemination. The link is here. -
Poo at the zoo
18 Apr 2013 | 10:00 pmSubtitled: The End So I went to the zoo. It is also a botanical garden and is set on a hill. There is a train station right outside the gate, very convenient. And the entrance fee is only a couple of dollars U.S. Quite the bargain. I noticed there was a sign (in English) by the maps that stated you could request a map in either English or Japanese. Why they aren’t in the rack is beyond me. Anyway, so I asked in Mandarin for an English-language map, since I do happen to know the word for “map” (地圖). It turned out I had been given a map in Japanese. So I went back and… -
Maria Tallchief, 1925-2013
12 Apr 2013 | 7:00 pmShe was born Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief, a member of the Osage Nation. She was known to the world as the incomparable Maria Tallchief.
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One on one with Senator Chris Murphy
29 Apr 2013 | 6:21 amCross post from My Left Nutmeg Since it's beeen a while I've pulled out the camcorder and conducted an interview, a few weeks ago when Chris Murphy paid a visit to a youth program in Danbury, I couldn't pass an oppurtunity to chat with our new Senator. I had a chance to talk to Senator Murphy about his new role in Congress as well as his thoughts on the push for gun control reform. -
Danbury nursing home fined for lapse in care
16 Apr 2013 | 8:00 amNot good.The Pope John Paul II Care and Rehabilitation Center of Danbury was fined $1,090 after a resident developed a pressure ulcer on the thumb, as a result of the use of a hand splint. The resident, who also was identified as at risk for falls, sustained injuries from falling when he or she was not properly assisted or supervised. -
Newtown State Rep. votes against gun control
4 Apr 2013 | 6:33 amOh this is rich!Throughtout the gun control leglisation process, when it came to the General Assembly drafting policy, Newtown's State Rep. (and proud ALEC member) Dan Carter went out of his way to stress the need for "bi-partisanship." Given the fact that the Democrats at the Capitol hold a 2-1 majority over the Republicans, I guess the compromise Democrats and Republcians came up with in Hartford, which allows gun owners to keep their assault weapons and high capacity magazines, wasn't enough for Newtown's Republican State Represenative since Carter was the only state lawmaker from Newtown… -
"The NRA's Shameless Attempt To Defeat The Sandy Hook Promise"
25 Mar 2013 | 10:36 amCross post from My Left NutmegUPDATE: 1:55 PM: Newtown Selectwoman Pat Llodra had this to say regarding the NRA nonsense."You would think Newtown is the last place they would want to start their lobbying effort against changes to the current gun laws," Llodra said. "It's a bad time for us. We are still struggling to heal."While Llodra said the calls are inappropriate, she added that it's a typical response from the gun lobbying group."It seems to be their typical response to this issue," she said. "Insensitive and inappropriate."UPDATE 1:40 PM:Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal sent… -
Mayor Boughton and the Board of Education violated the city charter (and the local media could care less).
1 Mar 2013 | 7:18 amCurrent Board of Education Chairwoman Sandy Steichen has some explaining to do...It appears that Mayor Boughton and Board of Education chairwoman Sandy Steichen have no problem violating the city charter when it suits their needs.This week, the Republican controlled Board of Education presented and approved a budget proposal that includes a request for 5.98 percent (aproox. 6 million dollar) increase in spending. While I have plenty to say about the BOE's laughable budget proposal, a proposal that not only has ZERO chances in becoming reality but should anger every parent who is concerned…
